[Explanation] In response to this year's largest flood peak transit, Chongqing initiated its first level I flood control emergency response on August 18th. On the 20th, the flood peak arrived as scheduled, and reporters visited many places for disaster relief.

　　[Explanation] At 1 am on the 20th, less than 2 hours have passed since the flood peak arrived at Ciqikou Ancient Town. Ren Yong, who has been operating a ceramic shop in the ancient town for 8 years, and his family are still transferring goods in the shop. At this time, the edge of the flood that hadn't passed the ancient town was less than three meters away from his shop. According to the rate of rising water, there was not much time left for him to move things. He could only choose to move valuable things to the high ground to reduce losses.

　　[Explanation] It is understood that the ancient town of Ciqikou suspended tourists before the flood, and transferred more than 1,600 residents and businesses in danger. But at this time in the ancient town that was completely cut off due to the flood, like Ren Yong, there were still a few merchants who were busy robbing items in the dim light of the flashlight. In order to stop the damage, they were racing against time to transfer items. They said they never Never seen such a big flood.

　　[Concurrent] Mr. Ren, a nearby merchant

　　We are rushing to grab the goods. We still have a lot of goods. We moved it for the second time. For the first time, we moved from the negative second floor to our current first floor. It's flooded, so we have to move things on the first floor to the second floor.

　　[Explanation] The main street of the ancient town where people used to visit in the past can only barely see the stone road underfoot through the flashlight. The reporter followed the staff to conduct inspections. They raised the flashlight and were checking whether there were residents and businesses from house to house. Stranded. Zhang Peng, a staff member of the Cultural Tourism Service Center of Ciqikou Ancient Town Management Committee, told reporters that there are still more than a dozen left-behind residents and businesses in the higher areas of the ancient town. The staff are on duty to prevent people from crossing the cordon. As the water level continues to rise, the guard point continues to shrink backward.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Peng, staff member of Cultural Tourism Service Center of Chongqing Ciqikou Ancient Town Management Committee

　　More than 500 people are on duty at this place at any time according to the water level, and according to the changes in the water level, residents and businesses in the surrounding area who have not been evacuated need to be evacuated and evacuated. At the same time, various points must be inspected, and the actual situation of the water level increase must be sent to the headquarters for them to make a judgment.

　　[Explanation] In the higher areas of the ancient town, the left-behind residents used bed boards and stools to build a simple rest area by the street. In the light of the illuminator, some people are already lying down, and some are just sitting quietly.

　　[Explanation] The reporter followed the staff to complete a round of inspections and returned to the streets outside the ancient town. It was almost 3 in the morning. The municipal management personnel were still moving the barriers on the roadside, and the staff and volunteers were guarding the cordon. The prepared lunch was placed aside and no one moved...At this time, the water level of Ciqikou on the Jialing River reached 192.63 meters.

　　[Explanation] In order to cope with the flood peaks, rescue and relief teams from all walks of life are waiting in the Chongqing Yangtze River and Jialing River basins. In the early morning of the 20th, the Guojiatuo Police Station in Jiangbei District, Chongqing received an alarm. Uncle Liu, an 86-year-old resident, was trapped in his home. Police Li Zhexi rushed to the scene and found that water had flooded the second floor and approached the third floor. Together with five rescue team members, he overcame the difficulties of poor vision, turbulent water flow, and turbulent flow at night, driving the assault boat with fixed ropes, and using a life-saving stretcher to transfer Uncle Liu from the trapped area to the assault boat.

　　Coincidentally, in the Banan section of the Yangtze River, when the Huaxi police station policeman Liao Changming evacuated the crowd, he found an old man with inconvenient legs on the seventh floor of an old residential building. Liao Changming leaned over and carried the old man on his shoulders and ran down the stairs.

　　[Explanation] According to the Chongqing Emergency Management Bureau, the water level of the Chongqing Yangtze River Cuntan at 7 o'clock on the 20th was 191.51 meters, the highest flood level since the station was established in 1939. The latest statistics show that this round of floods has caused more than 260,000 people in Chongqing to be affected. In addition to relevant functional departments, professional forces and social rescue forces such as the Chongqing Branch of Aneng Group and the Municipal Fire and Rescue Corps are distributed in various places to carry out rescue work.

　　Reporter Jia Nan from Chongqing

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]